When I was growing up, I would watch and help my mom construct elaborate Korean meals for her seven kids, husband, parents who lived with us, and extended family and friends. I truly don’t know how she pulled it off every day while also working with my dad at their convenience store. Plate after plate […]

This morning my son and I were practicing baseball in the front yard. At the end of the school year he had decided in his mind that he was ready to try all of the sports that he had been avoiding. Excited by this prospect, we gathered together sports equipment for him to try out. […]

Last week was a glorious departure from the past 10 months of school being in session. In its place was a week full of a few playdates and a whole lot of downtime during which the modus operandi was to get the sun in our faces and to be out of doors. One morning when […]